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EXHIBITION: The Wonder Women of Space
The history of astronomy is filled with amazing women like Caroline Herschel, who discovered comets and mapped the stars. She succeeded in claiming a rightful place in scientific circles through passion and dedication during times when intelligence in women was frequently disregarded. In 2018 we ask leading astro-physicists, astronomers and engineers to share what inspires…
Silent Auction: you can bid for two VERY special bottles of ‘satellite’ wine!
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy invites bids for rare Spanish wine made to celebrate the launch of the Herschel and Planck space telescopes. You couldn’t make it up. The granddaughter of a famous Spanish winemaker becomes a telecommunications engineer, specialising in space satellites, works for four years with the European Space Agency developing the world’s…
Spot the Herschel Owl on the Owls of Bath trail this summer!
An interactive sculpture trail of owls is celebrating the Roman heritage of Bath and raising funds for four brilliant local charities. WHY OWLS? The Roman Baths temple, built in 1AD, was dedicated to Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, whose symbol was an owl. Minerva's owl of wisdom can be seen carved into the Temple pediment…
Ladies rock outer space! Create with Space Lego ™
Design your own unique rocket or create a famous NASA astronomer using the special ‘Women of NASA’ Lego ™ set (we've added this new Lego set to our space Lego collection). Free with normal admission Women have played critical roles throughout the history of the U.S. space program, a.k.a. NASA or the National Aeronautics and…
Night time stargazing: total lunar eclipse
Visit the Herschel Museum of Astronomy to have the opportunity to take part in night time stargazing, including observing a total lunar eclipse from the very garden the Planet Uranus was discovered in 1781. Weather-dependent with a talk and other activities in case of bad weather. Adult £10; Concessions £7; Child £4. Please note that…
Minerva Scientifica Superwomen of Science – The Astronomers
An Edinburgh Festival Fringe 5 Star Award Winning solo music-theatre performance starring Frances M Lynch featuring our own Caroline Herschel, discoverer of 8 comets and 14 nebulae; Mary Somerville, “Queen of the Sciences”; Williamina Fleming, the world famous “Astronomer fae Dundee”; and some of Herschel Museum’s contemporary Wonderwomen of Space. Beautiful music old and new,…
William Herschel Society Lecture: In discussion with ESA’s Luke Lucas
An evening discussion with Luke Lucas, the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Herschel Planck Telescopes and the Mars Express. She will discuss Caroline Herschel's contribution to our understanding of space, her career and the latest from ESA. Adults £4 Members of the William Herschel Society and BRLSI £2
TALK: So you think you want to be a scientist?
Linking with the Herschel Museum’s ‘Wonder Women of Space’ exhibition, Carole Mundell, Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy and Head of Astrophysics at Bath University, will give a talk about her work, followed by a Q&A session. In 2016 she established a new Astrophysics research group at the University, concentrating on high-energy extragalactic astrophysics of black hole driven…